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  • May 9, 2012 at 7:07 pm #15778
    road ronin

    Just had my first training roller accident i have watched and laughed at you tube footage like no doubt many of you, but tonight i had my own inccident after riding roller for nearly 2 years now.
    i was about half an hour into an hour session with my 5 year old daughter watching at which point she walked forward and reached for my front wheel. fearing the loss of young fingers I grabbed both brakes instantly stopping then lurched sideways, still clipped in i crashed into the garage floor and my large free standing tool box, 5 year old then running out to tell her mum. while i try to get up with 2 holes in my shin just below the knee, a large cut to my right butt cheek from the roller tool box draw and now some impressive swelling of the shin around the 2 hole .

    my daughter is now covinced i fell on my own and she was nothing to do with me falling.

    anyone else had any incidents on rollers ????

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  • May 13, 2012 at 6:17 am #678527
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    road ronin

    certainly cheered me up i
    certainly cheered me up i think we have killed this thread. hope to speak again

    😀 😀

    May 12, 2012 at 5:16 pm #678525
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    notfastenough

    But of course: viewing area =
    But of course: viewing area = the flat roof on the extension!

    All audience PPE (safety glasses etc) will be at additional cost, naturally.

    Or…

    You could just buy a turbo trainer… nah!

    Anyway, I think we may have flogged this to death by now, but hopefully this has at least cheered you up following your ‘off’. 🙂

    May 12, 2012 at 9:48 am #678523
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    giff77

    But remember – to recoup the
    But remember – to recoup the cossts incurred for this development. All members of the public AND family will need to purchase tickets for use of the viewing area.

    May 12, 2012 at 8:02 am #678521
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    road ronin

    Thats sold it for im on to
    =)) Thats sold it for im on to the structural engineers this morning.

    my neighbours already think im mad so why disappoint them

    May 11, 2012 at 9:37 pm #678519
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    notfastenough

    Sod half measures, increase
    Sod half measures, increase the height of the garage roof and run a ramp through a full 360, ensure your roller speed will generate sufficient centrifugal force before bunny hopping onto the ramp, then simply loop-the-loop 100 times for training!

    (there’s a hamster joke in here somewhere but I can’t find it…)

    For extra kudos, build the extra wall height from glass, then amaze/make nauseous the neighbours as they watch you whizzing past upside down! 😀

    (I like this game. =)) )

    May 11, 2012 at 4:47 pm #678517
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    road ronin

    notfastenough a very Good
    notfastenough a very Good point well made i missed the flashing lights and maybe siren, also looking at making the back wall a quarter pipe ramp so when bunny hopping off i ride up the quarter 180 and safely back to the rollers 😕 😀

    May 11, 2012 at 3:41 pm #678515
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    notfastenough

    I think you’re missing a
    I think you’re missing a flashing red light in the kitchen over the garage door to alert others of roller action. Also a crashmat against the far wall in the garage, so if it happens again the simplest solution is to just bunnyhop clean off the rollers and hit the garage wall at a sprint! 😀

    May 11, 2012 at 3:12 pm #678513
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    road ronin

    My daughter has already told
    My daughter has already told both sets of grand parents that daddy fell off his bike in the garage and she ran in to the house to get help.

    i have completed a risk assessment on my training area and have cleared a 3M square all round the rollers, laid large crash mats left right and in front, roped off a veiwing area and all spectators are required to wear glove,hi viz clothing,safety shoes and goggles 😀 😀

    May 11, 2012 at 9:09 am #678511
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    notfastenough

    Could have been worse though,
    Could have been worse though, as you point out re your daughter.

    She’ll grow up saying you’re crap on rollers with you insisting it’s her fault!

    I can just see a health and safety geek pointing out how avoidable this was though – it’s like one of those boring H&S sessions at work where they provide pictures and you point out the hazards! (Child, toolbox, clipless pedals etc!)

    May 10, 2012 at 6:20 pm #678509
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    road ronin

    glad you enjoyed my little
    glad you enjoyed my little story

    May 9, 2012 at 8:56 pm #678507
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    Super Domestique

    I’d like to say I never
    I’d like to say I never laughed when I read this but I would be lying. Sorry.

    Thanks for sharing though.

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